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STAKE FOR FIRST SIGHT THREEEYAROLD FROM ROBERT DAVIES STABLE WINS THE FRONTIER HAJNj OAP Kentucky Horses Fail to Cut Much Figure in Open ¬ ing Days Results at Windsor Hodge Being Only Winner from That Section Detroit Mich July 10 The stable of Robert Diivies cut m important figure in the racing at Windsor this afternoon The canary and black stripe of the Toronto turfman were carried to vic ¬ tory in both the feature races First Sight boating ii shifty lot in the Frontier Handicap while Knights Differ boat a band of the best sprinters racing here in the six furlongs allowance race The Canaiiiair horses more than held their own with the Kcntuckians As a matter of fact in only one f the seven races did the Kentnckians score and this was in the opener when Hudgu beat Hlack Toney a nose noseA A tremendous gathering turned out for the open ¬ ing days sport The crowd was probably larger than any of last seasons which means that it was a recordbreaker in point of numbers The public found it difficult to obtain a good line on the probable winners the presence of the Kentucky horses upsetting their calculations Interesting con ¬ tests were seen and in several instances the finishes were close closeInterest Interest in the afternoons sport naturally centered In the running of the Frontier Handicap Nine of the eleven carded went to the K st Flabbergast and Busy being withdrawn The Kentucky horses were heavily supported and in Uie early running it looked as if they would make good The Widow Moon started out with a rush and opening up an easy lead maintained it until well into the homestretch where First Sight came from behind and caught her 1Mb were under a drive at the furlong post and in the run to the finish First Sight drew away a bit and then beiran bearing over to the inside interfer ¬ ing first with The Widow Moon and then with Hamilton He was going away at the finish where he led Hamilton by a couple of lengths There were some who looked for a disqualification but the officials used good judgment In allowing the placing to stand as the horses finished While Hamilton and The Widow Moon may have been interfered with still the trouble was not enough to have cut ur figure in the result and besides both were thing while the winner was going away The real disappointments of the race were Milton 15 and Flora Fina which were trailers from the start Loftus startLoftus tossed away a nice that he should have won easily on Black Touey The latter was an oddson favorite and probably the best backed horse of the day Up to the last sixteenth Loftns rode a splendid race reserving his mount behind the pacemaker and making his move at just the right time lie caught Birdie Williams at the six ¬ teenth jtost and had her beaten but at the finish kept looking over to the inside watching Buxton Hodge which had been outrun to the stretch turn responded with n rush to Martins call and finish ¬ ing with a good burst of speed caught Loftus napping and got up to win by a nose in the final stride strideWorking Working Lad which was well backed by his people to win the second race but which was beaten by Hash was claimed by Sam Louis for 950 950Fortythree Fortythree layers were in line and all reported business better than at any of the other Canadian tracks The following were among those who Hinted odds Kenny Falk Owan Terry Horace Iaul 1 Spillane T J Shaw Al Hanf J Morris Hob Keating Mike Harris One Austin T 1 McGrath H L Kennedy J Taylor George teller Uoy Offutt Harry Gardner I Hani Frank Shannon N Shapiro J Saundere K Hughes Ted Cobiirn W Beverlcy J Krennaii George Rose Henry Hanf 1 Ienu Joe Scherrer Steve LHomnicdieu Al S Valentine T F Buckley Sidney Cohen George Vortman J Greenwood C I Walters F Wagner Kenny Kurke J Voting W Fitch M D Miller John Rice and F Matthews MatthewsThe The arrivals from Kentucky included Jake Mark lein Harry Laiiderman Judge V W Lyles Johnny Fay Major Gordon Carew hd Krooklield D Dressjn and J MacManus MacManusJockey Jockey Joe McCaluy arrived from New York this morning but returned this evening lie came mi to ride Kingly for Mrs L A Livingston in the Frontier Handicap HandicapErnest Ernest Hall who is here representing the Havre de Grace track distributed the blanks for the Makes to IK run during the September meeting among the horsemen this afternoon afternoonSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey Kennath acting for Gwyn Tompkins purchased the jumper Jnverence from R J Crenien and shipped the horse from Fort Krie to Saratoga where he will join the Tompkins stable stableL L C Jackson who at one time was associated with Roger Minion as assistant trainer has suc ¬ ceeded W S Trevey as trainer for Cupt H H Knimons Kndidfo and the other Kmmons racers were sent to Saratoga from Fort Krie KrieBefore Before leaving Cincinnati Jake Marklein purchased the threeyearold Albert V VC C Van Dusen was an arrival from Porter Ind today todayJockey Jockey L Derondo was suspended by the officials at Fort Krie on the closing day of that meeting for striking Jockey Suyder with his whip during the running of one of the races racesJ J J McCauley arrived from New York this morn ¬ ing with the mare Chiltou Queen QueenThere There will lie a meeting of the committee of the Canadian Racing Associiitions in the club house at Windsor tonmrrow The Carlton Gs case and other business left unfinished at the last meeting will be taken up and several rulings are looked for
